Organizing body | Panamerican Football Confederation |
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Founded | 1952 |
Abolished | 1960 |
Region | Americas |
Number of teams | 4 (1960) |
Related competitions | |
Last champion(s) | Argentina (1960) |
Most successful team(s) | Brazil (2 titles) |
The Panamerican Championship was an international football tournament held by the Panamerican Football Confederation every four years with three editions held from 1952 through 1960. [1]
The competition was similar to the Copa América but included nations from the North American Football Confederation (NAFC) and the Confederación Centroamericana y del Caribe de Fútbol (CCCF) (which merged to form CONCACAF in 1961).
The Panamerican Football Confederation (Spanish : Confederación Panamericana de Fútbol) was founded in 1946 to unify the three existing confederations, CONMEBOL, NAFC, and CCCF.[ citation needed ] The Panamerican Championship was organized by the new body, [2] [3] as an attempt to create an Americas-wide championship since the Americas' premier tournament, Copa América, was restricted to South American teams.
Nevertheless, starting in 1993, teams from CONCACAF (mostly Mexico with 10 participations) [4] have participated in several editions of the Copa América by invitation. [5] [6] In addition, between 1996 and 2005, teams from CONMEBOL took part in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in order to help the competition establish itself, with Brazil and Colombia participating three times each.
Ed. | Year | Host city | Champions | Runners-up | Third place |
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1 | 1952 | Santiago, Chile | Brazil | Chile | Uruguay |
2 | 1956 | Mexico City, Mexico | Brazil | Argentina | Costa Rica |
3 | 1960 | San José, Costa Rica | Argentina | Brazil | Mexico |
Team | Champions | Runners-up | Third place | Appearances |
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Brazil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 (1952, 1956, 1960) |
Argentina | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1956, 1960) |
Chile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 (1952, 1956) |
Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 (1956, 1960) |
Mexico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 (1952, 1956, 1960) |
Uruguay | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 (1952) |
Peru | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1952, 1956) |
Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (1952) |
Rank | Nat. | Player | Goals | Played |
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1 | Valeriano López | 7 | 5 | |
2 | Andrés Prieto | 6 | 2 | |
3 | Oscar Míguez | 5 | 5 | |
Omar Sívori | 5 | |||
Julio Abbadie | 5 | |||
4 | Chinesinho | 4 | 3 | |
Carlos Septién | 5 | |||
Larry | 5 | |||
Baltazar | 5 | |||
Rodrigues Tatu | 5 | |||
Pinga | 5 | |||
Jorge Monge | 5 | |||
5 | Humberto Maschio | 3 | 4 | |
Osvaldo Nardiello | 5 | |||
Juarez | 5 | |||
Raúl Belén | 6 | |||
Sigifredo Mercado | 6 | |||
Elton | 6 |
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